# Whitney Houston Dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 12, 2012, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569 "2012-02-12T01:04:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/121 "2012-02-12T05:41:58Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > I removed that because I couldn’t find the exact quote. It was from their reality show. It had something to do with digitally removing fecal matter from your constipated spouse. Sorry, didn’t see you’d edited it out. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/122 "2012-02-12T05:44:16Z")
This death pisses me off. I can count on one hand the amount of times I’ve been rankled about a celebrity’s death, and this is the only time I’ve been bothered by a pop star dying. I was at a bar getting hammered, as usual, and this news took my buzz and shot it in a dark alley. I goddamn loved Whitney Houston, and her death is a fucking shame. What a waste of a beautiful woman and a beautiful talent. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/123 "2012-02-12T06:19:20Z")
I just watched her singing the [Star Spangled Banner](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupsPg5H6aE&feature=youtu.be)- it had been a while since I saw that. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/124 "2012-02-12T06:20:20Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > As I said on FB: While this is tragic, I’m not looking forward to hearing “I Will Always Love You” for months every time I turn on the radio. Well until the Titanic rerelease. Then it’s Celine Dion 24/7. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/125 "2012-02-12T06:27:16Z")
So sad. Again, this story should be a message to everybody- drugs KILL! How many times is this story repeated? RIP, Whitney. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/126 "2012-02-12T06:51:01Z")
[Hijack]I won’t link because it’s a not high-traffic site, but a former co-worker of mine posted about this on their blog. Amazing the difference a one letter omission can make, namely the difference in **Whitney Dies in Beverly Hills** and **Whitey Dies in Beverly Hills** A fine line between ‘huge news’ and ‘Huey Newton’ I suppose. And either way, Al Sharpton has a statement prepared.[/Hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/127 "2012-02-12T06:56:43Z")
> [@Arkcon](#): > > Remember the music video for “How will I know?”, so bright, and bouncy in that 80’s music video sort of way? I was in junior high when that video came out and I thought Whitney was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. I had a big-time crush on her for a while there. ---
**Author:** ![BeaMyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@BeaMyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeaMyra)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/128 "2012-02-12T07:05:15Z")
Here last top ten hit was in 1999 "“y Love Is Your Love” which went to #4, not including the re-issue of “the Star Spangled Banner” which went to #6 after the 9-11 attacks. But still counting that, that is ten years since she was active on the scene with charting hits. She did have a great voice. I remember in the 80s she was accused of sounding too white so she cut the album “I’m You’re Baby Tonight.” Her song, “How Will I Know,” was actually written for the Pointer Sisters. If you think about it, it sounds exactly like the kind of song they’d do. ---
**Author:** ![kiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7feea3/32.png) [@kiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiz)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/129 "2012-02-12T07:33:53Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > I blame Bobby Brown for her messes. ☹ **+1** I’m not saying she wouldn’t have had a drug issue if he hadn’t been around, but the fact that 1) his substance abuse issues were already well known when they married, and 2) he was already more than halfway down into the abyss because of them no doubt, in my mind, influenced her much more than she let on. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/130 "2012-02-12T07:41:56Z")
Man, she had a beautiful smile. I liked IWALY until it was played to death. I can understand not liking it but calling it screeching? Nah. One of the greatest voices ever in pop music. Something about the purity of the sound when she hit a note and held it. Otherwordly. Fuck cocaine. ---
**Author:** ![Lubricious\_Integument](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Lubricious\_Integument](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lubricious_Integument)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/131 "2012-02-12T07:44:50Z")
My teenage self loved (ok lusted after) Whitney in the 80s back when MTV showed videos and my friends and I would stay up late watching Friday Night Videos. The early 90s saw Super Bowl 25 and “All the man that I need” which takes me back to the gf in the dorm. I’m sorry I haven’t thought of you much in the 20 or so years since that time Whitney, please rest in peace. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/132 "2012-02-12T08:34:26Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > They’re abbreviations not anagrams, and they are I Will Always Love You and the Star Spangled Banner. Thank you, and thanks also to What Exit? Of course, now all I feel is :smack::o ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/133 "2012-02-12T08:42:14Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > This death pisses me off. I can count on one hand the amount of times I’ve been rankled about a celebrity’s death, and this is the only time I’ve been bothered by a pop star dying. I was at a bar getting hammered, as usual, and this news took my buzz and shot it in a dark alley. I goddamn loved Whitney Houston, and her death is a fucking shame. What a waste of a beautiful woman and a beautiful talent. Totally. The other time (before) that I got “pissed as a loving aunt” was when River Phoenix died. I could have bit his head off. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/134 "2012-02-12T10:17:02Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > I was in junior high when that video came out and I thought Whitney was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. I had a big-time crush on her for a while there. I was just finishing secondary school at the time, and was a bit of a goth to boot, but I felt the same as you. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/135 "2012-02-12T12:35:01Z")
Damnit, Kevin Costner. You had ONE job to do and… (Shamelessly stolen from a friend’s FB wall) ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/136 "2012-02-12T13:11:45Z")
Soeaking of movies, Waiting to Exhale 2 was a go and she was already cast in the remake of Sparkle. Sparkle will probably still get made but I don’t know about WTE 2. Lots of sistahs will be disappointed if they don’t. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/137 "2012-02-12T13:28:17Z")
My bad. Whitney’s scenes in Sparkle are already in the can. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/138 "2012-02-12T13:40:36Z")
When her version came out, I HATED “I Will Always Love You” with a WHITE HOT PASSION! I was 14, and chronically in love with an unattainable girl. ---
**Author:** ![spankthecrumpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/139 "2012-02-12T13:59:01Z")
My favourite Whitney moment, which I think I first saw on Eurotrash, was the interview with Gainsborough. Youtube link: [- YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMdXi6f5KRg) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569/140 "2012-02-12T14:14:24Z")
Man, my girlfriend is **really** upset. And her cousin has changed his FB profile picture to a black ribbon and posted a long eulogy about how Whitney was his life and he’ll never smile again and shit. She’s pissed off with me for being so cynical about the media reaction. Worse, the next time I see her she’s going to make me watch _The Bodyguard_. Think I need to tone it down a notch… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whitney-houston-dies/612569.md?page=8)